With 4.5 billion people currently without access to essential healthcare services and a health worker shortage of 11 million expected by 2030, AI has the potential to help bridge that gap and revolutionize global healthcare.
It could even get us back on track to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of achieving universal health coverage by 2030.
But while the technology is rapidly developing, healthcare is “below average” in its adoption of AI compared to other industries, according to the World Economic Forum’s white paper, The Future of AI-Enabled Health: Leading the Way.
“AI transformation goes beyond adopting new tools,” it says. “It involves rethinking the fundamentals of how health is delivered and accessed.”
With the generative AI in the healthcare market expected to hit $2.7 billion this year – and reach close to $17 billion by 2034 – here are six ways AI is already transforming healthcare.
